UK Hi-Tech Developers' Conference is on target to be bigger and better
The embedded systems conference and hardware developers’ conference combine to create a single UK event for senior hi-tech developers.
Shape the future of graduate recruitment
Do you recruit graduates? The Government wants to know your views on how effective this vital aspect of your business future is, and how it could potentially develop. Please describe your experiences, views and needs by completing a short survey.
Tame your computer - bank on it (safely)
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she offers 10 tips for safe online banking.
Benefit your business by hosting a training course
Could your organisation host one of Cambridge Network's Learning Collaboration training courses? Using your facilities for one of its upcoming courses will benefit your business...
Volunteer for Cambridge
Volunteer for Cambridge is your one-stop shop for finding out how you can get involved in the causes you care about, give something back and gain new skills. Find out more at a fair on Saturday 30th January at The Guildhall, Cambridge.
University of Cambridge Primary School is completed
Turner & Townsend, the global programme management and construction consultancy, has successfully completed on the University of Cambridge Primary School, which is the first university training school at primary level in the UK.
SMEs selected to boost health and social care through the Internet of Things
CW (Cambridge Wireless) has announced the shortlist of SMEs to take part in its IoTUK Boost programme. Twenty companies were selected based on their capability to address key IoT challenges in the health and social care sector through their innovative, ideas, products and services.
Judge management students seek projects with local businesses
Could your business benefit from the help of a bright and resourceful team of undergraduate management students? If your company is considering a new venture, developing a new product, treatment or technology, expanding into a new market or developing a business or financial plan, the Cambridge Judge Business School would like to hear from you.
New company to help tackle city's housing crisis
A housing company being established by Cambridge City Council is set to buy 23 properties, at two new-build council housing developments, in order to let them at more affordable rates than the market average.
'Blue Monday' and when you can deduct wages from staff
People Matter, a monthly newsletter from the HR Dept, this month considers your businesses resolutions.
Zinwave appoints Scott Willis Chief Executive Officer
Zinwave, a global provider of wideband distributed network solutions for in-building wireless and IP coverage, announced today the appointment of Scott Willis as CEO in a bid to drive the company’s next wave of growth in a buoyant wireless market.
Potentially transformative therapy for rare heart disease to be progressed by Morphogen-IX
Morphogen-IX, a new Cambridge-based biotech company, has gained seed funding to develop a new treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) that directly targets the major pathway implicated in human genetic studies.
Huntingdon engineer is celebrated in exhibition at new landmark London building
Frederick Henry Royce from Huntingdon is one of the groundbreaking engineers celebrated in the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) brand new exhibition in its newly reopened London headquarters, Savoy Place.
Education and science: Lord Baker to deliver Cambridge keynote talk
Lord Kenneth Baker will visit Cambridge this week to talk about the importance of businesses and the education sector working together to address skills and labour shortages in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) field.
Archipelago's Guy Newcombe on entrepreneurship and the Cambridge ink jet cluster
St John’s Innovation Centre, the regional Centre of excellence supporting high growth businesses, had the pleasure of interviewing Guy Newcombe of Archipelago Technology Group Ltd, who talked about the Cambridge Ink Jet Cluster and being a vital part of the resurgence of engineering and high manufacturing in the UK.
New partnership for CONNECTED magazine
Cambridgeshire Chamber of Commerce and Cambridge News have announced a new partnership that will see the local newspaper publish CONNECTED magazine each month.
China Manufacturing 2025 and German Industry 4.0 Forum held in SBTIC
On January 15, 2016, China Manufacturing 2025 & German Industry 4.0 Forum was held in Sino-Britain Technology Innovation Center (SBTIC), Shenzhen
The many applications of graphene nanoplatelets
Because of their unique nanoscale size, shape, and material composition, graphene nanoplatelets can be used to improve the properties of a wide range of polymeric materials, including thermoplastic and thermoset composites, natural or synthetic rubber thermoplastic elastomers, adhesives, paints and coatings.
New Year’s resolutions to improve fire safety and security in your workplace
Have you made any New Year’s resolutions?
Learn about essential regulatory frameworks for chemical sector companies
Every company working in the chemicals sector must comply with the regulations that affect their business. If you produce or use speciality chemicals regularly, consider attending the Introduction to Regulatory Affairs course.
AstraZeneca and MedImmune launch 'Science in pictures' artwork project at Cambridge site
AstraZeneca and MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, this week inaugurated “Science in pictures”, an artwork installation on the hoardings around the construction site of their new Research and Development Centre and Corporate Headquarters on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.
Mills & Reeve proves real deal by muscling into top 10 of leading UK corporate legal advisers
Mills & Reeve has been named as one of the top 10 firms in the UK by deal volume in the Experian review of UK mergers and acquisitions for 2015.
Olympic medal winner Gail Emms opens gym for brain injured people
On Monday (18 January), badminton ace Gail Emms - who took home a silver Olympic medal in Athens in 2004 - will officially launch a brand new gym at Thorpe Hall in Peterborough, a centre for both Sue Ryder’s Hospice and Headway Cambridgeshire’s provision of services for brain injured people.
OpenPlant Fund 2016 now open to applications
OpenPlant Fund offers £5000 to support open, interdisciplinary and innovative projects to engineer plant biology. Applications are now open until 4 March 2016.
Cambridge-JIC iGEM Team open for applications until 26 Jan 2016
Cambridge-JIC iGEM Team seeks members to compete in an international undergraduate synthetic biology competition in Summer 2016.